Ear-corn cutter



J. N. HOWSER.

,BAR CORN GUTTER.

16.277,284. 'Patented May 8,1883.

y To all whom it may concern.-

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JONATHAN N. HO WSE R,

OF SIDNEY, ILLINOIS.

EAR-CORN CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 277,284, dated May 8,1883.

f Application iiled March 7, 1883.

Be it known that I, J ONATHAN N. HowsER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sidney, in thecounty of Champaign and State of Illinois,have `invented a new and useful Improvement in Ear-Corn Glitters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of earcorn cutters in which revolvingblades operate upon one or more ears of corn projecting from tubes, intowhich they are fed singly, to cut the same across the ear into slices;and it has for its object, rst, to provide a yielding gage to permit theslice to recede as the thickness of the blade parts it from the ear;second, to make the same gage `adjustable as to the thickness of theslice to be cut; and, third, to provide means whereby the cut corn shallbe turned away from the lower gearing of the machine, and yet allow theblades and gages to be approached for any purpose required.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a transverse verticalsection, part in elevation; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section at oo a',Fig. 1.

A represents the frame or body of the machine.

B represents one or more tubes large enough to receive ears of corn, oneat a time, in each tube, and allow them to descend of their own weightupon the stop or gage pieces a. These pieces are directly beneath thetubes B, and are springs secured to a portion of the frame at b, andsupported midway uponadjustingscrews C, by means ofvwhich they may beset close up to the ends of the tubes, orfat any required distancetherefrom. By this adjustment the thickness of the slices cut will beregulated, as the ears of corn are cut close up to the tubes.

D represents two or more cutting-blades secured to the arms of arevolving head, d. These blades revolve in a horizontal plane close tothe lower ends of the tubes B, and when one of them enters the ear ofcorn its thickness will cause the slice of corn to de- (NO model.)

scend; and the gage c is a spring to accommodate this descent and allowthe blade `to pass through and the slice to fall.

The head d is secured upon an upright shaft, E, which is connected withthe crank-shaft o by beveled gears. By means of this crank and shaft themachine may be driven by hand. On the lower part of shaft E is abalancewheel, F, which may serve as belt-wheel to drive the machine bymachine-power.

fis a shaft, connected to the main shaft E by beveled gears, to serve asa connection for horse-power. To keep the cut corn out of these lowergears, and to guide it into a receptacle, and to keep it from scatteringin all directions, I provide a spout completely casing in the cuttersandgages, and to get at these gages to set them and the -cutters to sharpenthem, I make this, spout removable in a peculiar way, as follows:

Gr` is the bottom of the spout, slanted to deliver the corn at g. Thisbottom board rests at its upper end on a cross-cleat and at its lowerend on a cross-beam of the machine, and it is slotted at g to pass themain shaft to this position, and it is provided with cleats H and Y asliding lid, h, to cover this slot.

I I are the twoside boards of the spout, resting their lower edges onthe cross-beams J of the frame, and provided internally withhopper-likeabutments j to narrow the delivery of the spout to properlimits. These abutments are secured to the side boards, I, which areremovable by drawing them out of the frame on its spout side.

K is a removable cover, keptin place on the frame by fourlipped buttons,k. This cover is outside the ends ofthe side boards, I, and keeps themin place, as well as to reduce the vertical plane of the outlet to thespout to the required size. By turning buttons 7c the cover K may beremoved; then the sides I may be drawn out; then lid h may be drawn outand the bottom G removed.

What I claim as my invention is l. The combination, with a pipe or pipesto hold ears of corn, and a moving blade or blades to cut off theprojecting ends of the ears, of a springing gage or gages, as and forthe purpose specied.

2. The combination, with the tubes B and revided with the abutlnentsj,the cover K, and

voiving blades D, of the gage-pieces a, secured to the frame at b, andthe adjustingscrews C, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, With the tubes and cutting-blades described, of anincasing-spout consisting of the slotted bottom G, provided .with a.sliding lid, h, the side boards, I I, prothe buttons k, all as and forthe purpose specified.

JONATHAN N. HOWSER.

Witnesses: Y

W. X. STEVENS, SOLON C. KEMON.

